Barbados: Spiritual Baptist faith believers carries Good Friday Message across streets

Barbados: Yesterday, Spiritual Baptist believers acted out the fourteen stages of the Cross and carried their Good Friday message around the city streets of Barbados.

According to Christian tradition, Good Friday marks the day that Jesus Christ sacrificed himself for all of humanity by dying on the Cross. Members of the spiritual Baptist faith marched to share the core messages of Jesus and Good Friday yesterday, April 7, 2023.

His Main Teachings are- 

• Love God
• Love everyone as you love Yourself.
• Give people who have hurt you forgiveness.
• Love your adversaries.
• Request God’s pardon for your sins.
• Because he is the Messiah, Jesus has the power to pardon people.
• It’s important to repent of your sins.
• Avoid being inconsistent.
• Don’t make assumptions about other people.
• In the coming of the Kingdom of God, the weak and the needy, not the powerful and wealthy, will inherit this kingdom.

Many priests, high priests, nuns and other members of the Spiritual Baptist faith took part in March and carried the Good Friday message across Barbados’ streets, urging people to practise holiness and have faith in God and his Kingdom.

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They also performed a show in which they displayed the fourteen steps of the Cross. It is a set of representations of Christ’s journey known as the fourteen Stages of the Cross. 

These stand in for 14 critical occasions throughout Jesus Christ’s trial, crucifixion, and burial. As mentioned by Roman Catholics, it is also known as the Way of the Cross, usually just before Easter.

Following are the fourteen steps of the Cross staged by Members of the Spiritual Baptist faith in Barbados while spreading the message of Good Friday as mentioned in the bible. 

1. Jesus Condemned to death 
2. Jesus took his Cross and began the journey
3. Jesus falls 
4. Jesus Meets Mother Mary 
5. Simon of Cyrene aids Jesus in carrying the Cross
6. Veronica wipes Jesus’ face 
7. Jesus falls for second time
8. Jesus meets a women of Jerusalem
9. Jesus falls for third time
10. Roman Soldiers stripped of Jesus’ garments
11. Jesus nailed to the Cross
12. Jesus dies on the Cross
13. Jesus was brought down from the Cross
14. Jesus was burried in the tomb